AutoUtility currently tracks 9 official NHTSA owner defect complaints for the 2024 Lexus ES. Driver Assistance & Safety Tech issues are the most frequently reported category, appearing in 4 complaints (44.4% of submitted records). Among these NHTSA complaint records, 2 filings cite a crash. The 2024 Lexus ES belongs to the 7th Generation (XZ10) platform.

Key Problem Findings
  • Total NHTSA Complaints: 9 reports
  • #1 Reported Problem Area: Driver Assistance & Safety Tech (4 reports • 44.4% of submitted complaints)
  • Secondary Problem Areas: Air Bags & Restraints (3), Brakes & Traction Control (1)
  • Crash-Citing Complaints: 2 filings
  • Fire-Citing Complaints: 0 filings
  • Complaints Reporting Injuries / Fatalities: 0 injury filings • 0 fatality filings
Reporting Methodology: Statistics describe unverified consumer submissions voluntarily filed with NHTSA. Complaint volume is not normalized for vehicle sales volume or miles driven. Multiple components can be cited within a single owner complaint submission.
Total Complaints
9
Submitted to NHTSA ODI
Crash-Citing Complaints
2
Filings citing a collision
Fire-Citing Complaints
0
Filings citing smoke or fire
Complaints Reporting Injuries
0
Filings citing one or more injuries
Complaints Reporting Fatalities
0
Consumer filings citing fatalities

Most Reported Problems for 2024 Lexus ES

Top automotive subsystem defect categories ranked by unique owner complaint volume in federal records

#1 Problem Area 44.4% of complaints

Driver Assistance & Safety Tech

4 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ NHTSA Recall Context

NHTSA records list 2 official safety recall campaigns for this model year involving the same broad component area:

*Component overlap means an official recall exists for the same broad vehicle system. It does not establish that an individual owner complaint was caused by, covered by, or resolved through that recall.
⚠️ 1 crash report
#2 Problem Area 33.3% of complaints

Air Bags & Restraints

3 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#3 Problem Area 11.1% of complaints

Brakes & Traction Control

1 owner complaint submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ 1 crash report
#4 Problem Area 11.1% of complaints

Seats & Interior

1 owner complaint submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
Domain Share Note: Share percentage represents the proportion of unique complaint filings referencing each vehicle system. Because single complaints may cite multiple systems (such as engine and electrical simultaneously), domain percentages represent individual category incidence and may sum to over 100%.

Recent NHTSA Owner Reports for 2024 Lexus ES

Representative defect filings submitted by owners to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation

Driver Assistance & Safety Tech NHTSA ODI ID: #11721935
Crash Cited Filed: 03/04/2026

"The contact owns a 2024 Lexus ES 300h. The contact stated that while his wife was in reverse (R) and backing up into a parking space at approximately 2 MPH, she crashed into the rear of another vehicle. The contact stated that his wife did not hear the rear collision proximity alarm, and the..."

Incident Date: 02/03/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: BACK OVER PREVENTION
Air Bags & Restraints NHTSA ODI ID: #11712623
Filed: 01/22/2026

"Driver side airbag cover is open. Previously reported, dealer states that it was open due to dashcam wiring being placed and cover not being closed completely. Dealer closed the cover completely. Today, the cover is open again."

Incident Date: 01/22/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: AIR BAGS
Air Bags & Restraints NHTSA ODI ID: #11710622
Filed: 01/13/2026

"The contact owns a 2024 Lexus ES 350. The contact stated that while attempting to use the front driver's side seat belt, the seat belt failed to extend as needed, and the contact was unable to use the seat belt. The contact stated that the failure had been occurring intermittently. The vehicle was..."

Incident Date: 01/08/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: SEAT BELTS
Air Bags & Restraints NHTSA ODI ID: #11631157
Filed: 12/17/2024

"The contact owns a 2024 Lexus ES300H. The contact stated while the vehicle was parked, the contact noticed that the driver's side air bag cover was detached. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired by an independent mechanic or the dealer. The vehicle was scheduled for inspection on the following..."

Incident Date: 12/16/2024 • Raw NHTSA Component: AIR BAGS
Driver Assistance & Safety Tech NHTSA ODI ID: #11614553
Filed: 09/14/2024

"Vehicle Blind Spot indicator did not come on while car was on side of Vehicle on trip to Atlanta. If car did not honk we surely would have had an accident. I started to monitor when the light came on and noticed in was extremely inconsistent with respect to how for an approaching vehicle was from..."

Incident Date: 09/01/2024 • Raw NHTSA Component: LANE DEPARTURE
Consumer Narrative Notice: Excerpts are sanitized text descriptions submitted by vehicle owners to the federal ODI database. They reflect the reporting consumer's observations at the time of filing and have not been independently confirmed by vehicle manufacturers or government investigators.

Complaint History for Lexus ES

Reported defect complaint volume across sibling model years (2015–2026)

Model Year NHTSA Complaints Crash Reports Safety Recalls Detailed Report
2015 Lexus ES 5 2 0 View 2015 Problems →
2016 Lexus ES 9 2 0 View 2016 Problems →
2017 Lexus ES 2 0 0 View 2017 Problems →
2018 Lexus ES 5 1 0 View 2018 Problems →
2019 Lexus ES 34 6 1 View 2019 Problems →
2020 Lexus ES 24 6 1 View 2020 Problems →
2021 Lexus ES 35 2 1 View 2021 Problems →
2022 Lexus ES 13 1 0 View 2022 Problems →
2023 Lexus ES 12 3 2 View 2023 Problems →
2024 Lexus ES Current Page 9 2 2 Current
2025 Lexus ES 4 2 1 View 2025 Problems →
2026 Lexus ES 0 0 0 View 2026 Problems →
Comparative Disclaimer: Complaint totals are unadjusted historical counts and are not normalized for vehicles sold, active fleet size, or total road mileage. Newer model years naturally have had less calendar exposure time to accumulate owner filings.

Detailed NHTSA Component Breakdown for 2024 Lexus ES

Complete distribution of consumer defect reports across all 7 granular NHTSA system and subsystem classifications

Vehicle Component / System Total Complaints Crash Reports Fire Reports Reported Injury Entries Reported Fatality Entries
Air Bags NHTSA category: AIR BAGS 2 0 0 0 0
Lane Departure Warning NHTSA category: LANE DEPARTURE 2 0 0 0 0
Back Over Prevention / Camera NHTSA category: BACK OVER PREVENTION 1 1 0 0 0
Seat Belts NHTSA category: SEAT BELTS 1 0 0 0 0
Seats & Restraints NHTSA category: SEATS 1 0 0 0 0
Service Brakes NHTSA category: SERVICE BRAKES 1 1 0 0 0
Vehicle Speed Control NHTSA category: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL 1 0 0 0 0
Data Attribution & Reporting Methodology: Complaints are unverified voluntary submissions to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI). Because multiple vehicle components can be cited within a single owner complaint submission, component-level rollups may sum to more than the unique complaint count (9). Injury and fatality entries in the detailed table reflect raw values entered by reporting consumers across individual submissions; they are not deduplicated casualty statistics and may include duplicate or unverified entries. Complaint volume is not normalized for sales volume or vehicle mileage and does not represent an audited component failure rate.
Official US Government Data Provenance

The complaint records on this page are retrieved directly from the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) public database.

Local Production Store Compiled: August 2026 • Deterministic Audited Dataset • Zero Dynamic External API Runtime Latency.